Neglected pony with long hooves

Sugar, a pony with severely overgrown hooves rescued Friday, is seen walking at Chichester’s Live and Let Live Farm. Courtesy By NICK REID Monitor staff Published: 8/13/2016 12:06:05 AM A Chichester animal rescue took in a pony Friday with severely overgrown hooves.Live and Let Live Farm Executive Director Teresa Paradis said the hooves – which are curved and appear to be several inches long – are a sign of years of neglect and cause the animal extreme pain.“I’ve never seen it this bad,” Paradis said, adding that the pony will require more than a year of rehabilitation to relearn how to walk properly, since it has been forced to adapt to its shoe-like hooves.Paradis said she’s called an expert from Vermont, who will visit late next week to treat the pony, named Sugar. The expert will use a hacksaw to cut the hooves down to size, Paradis said.The rescue operation began about two weeks ago in the Peterborough area, Paradis said, … [Read more...] about Chichester rescue takes in pony with severely overgrown hooves

Lisa Walker, a farrier, carves away at the severely overgrown hoof of a mini horse rescued to Chichester’s Live and Let Live Farm on Wednesday. NICK REID / Monitor staff The hoof is shown after it is cut away from Sugar’s foot. NICK REID—Monitor staff The hoof is shown after it is cut away from Sugar’s foot. NICK REID / Monitor staff Lisa Walker, a farrier, and several volunteers at Chichester's Live and Let Live Farm worked to correct the severely overgrown hooves of a mini horse that was rescued Aug. 12. NICK REID—Monitor staff Sugar, a roughly 10-year-old mini horse, is seen walking in the yard of Chichester’s Live and Let Live Farm after she underwent her first visit with a farrier in several years. NICK REID / Monitor staff By NICK REID Monitor staff Published: 8/26/2016 1:41:17 PM Related stories Chichester rescue takes in pony with severely overgrown hooves For the little horse in the quarantine of a … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Horse’s severely overgrown hooves trimmed at Chichester rescue

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